It all started with “expository.”

I was having a conversation with my coworker Kim and I casually used the word “expository” in a sentence. Unfamiliar with this word, she genuinely responded, “What? Why would I do that?” At this point, I realized that Kim had confused the word “expository” with “suppository,” thus confusing my request for a formal essay with an enema.

So then we got to thinking. As a copywriter and English degree holder, I’m known around the office as a bit of a word nerd. Our social networking mastermind asked me to explore my verbal passion by writing a blog category about rarely used words and their meanings. I’ll select a word, drop it into casual office conversations, and blog about the results. We’ll expand our vocabulary, have fun with words, and hopefully be entertained in the process. I hope you find enjoyment, delight, and most importantly, delectation.

ex-pos-i-to-ry* [ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective: of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain.
sup-pos-i-to-ry* [sə-pŏz'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē], noun: a small plug of medication designed to melt at body temperature within a body cavity other than the mouth.